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Welcome to Equestria ...

So far, we found very little information about Equestria. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Equestria to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Equestria - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Equestria, please Contact Us.


Equestria was located

While we don't have the exact location of Equestria , we believe that it would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Equestria, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Time Zone: The area where Equestria was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Adding Equestria to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Equestria in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Equestria was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Equestria post office opened in 1883.

We also found Equestria in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Equestria.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Equestria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/